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‘Harry Potter’ Films Star Jason Isaacs Calls Out “Racist” Fans Over Paapa Essiedu’s Snape Casting Backlash
Jason Isaacs is not here for the backlash over the casting of Paapa Essiedu in the role of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series.
“I don’t have the power to sack an actor from the series, and I wouldn’t exercise it if I did,” Rowling posted on X, the microblogging platform formerly known as Twitter and now owned by Elon Musk. “I don’t believe in taking away people’s jobs or livelihoods because they hold legally protected beliefs that differ from mine.” Newcomers Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton have been cast as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
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